Solve -10/12*(10/5)*(2/6)

$$\frac { - 10 } { 12 } \times ( \frac { 10 } { 5 } ) \times ( \frac { 2 } { 6 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{5}{9}\approx -0.555555556$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{-10}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-\frac{5}{6}\times \frac{10}{5}\times \frac{2}{6}$$

Divide 10 by 5 to get 2.

$$-\frac{5}{6}\times 2\times \frac{2}{6}$$

Express -\frac{5}{6}\times 2 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{-5\times 2}{6}\times \frac{2}{6}$$

Multiply -5 and 2 to get -10.

$$\frac{-10}{6}\times \frac{2}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-10}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{2}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{1}{3}$$

Multiply -\frac{5}{3} times \frac{1}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-5}{3\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-5}{3\times 3}.

$$\frac{-5}{9}$$

Fraction \frac{-5}{9} can be rewritten as -\frac{5}{9} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{5}{9}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{5}{9} = -0.5555555555555556$$